Five Towns professors Mary LoBiondo and William Fortgang were the recipients of the Lorraine Kleinman Memorial Award for excellence in teaching; Mark Shaughnessy earned the Presidential Award for distinguished service; and Paul McKenna was honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award.

The Five Towns College Board of Trustees and dignitaries.

Honorary doctorates were also awarded to three individuals cited as role models to the student body. They are Danielle Campbell, anchor for News 12; Jim Condron, one of the founding members of The Paramount theater in Huntington village; and Bernard Purdie, an influential musician who was inducted into the Modern Drummer hall of fame in 2013.